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Carl Aoki, Eden Prairie, MN US
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| 20080250948 | Hard disk destruction apparatus and method - A hard disk destruction apparatus is presented having a penetrating point that is manually pressed against a hard disk. The point has an angled tip designed to penetrate the hard disk casing and deform the hard disk platters within. The manual pressing avoids the use of any electrical power or other fuel. In one described embodiment, a mechanical arbor press provides the necessary force. A transparent safety shield surrounds the hard disk during destruction. A restraint prevents upward movement of the hard disk when the point is extracted. | 10-16-2008 |
Dion Aoki, Henderson, NV US
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| 20100248818 | GAMING SYSTEM HAVING PASSIVE PLAYER PARTICIPATION IN SECONDARY WAGERING GAMES - A gaming system comprises a wager input device for receiving a primary wager from a player, the player associated with a player account, and at least one display for displaying a primary wagering game and a secondary wagering game. Secondary wagering game outcomes are independent of the primary wagering game. The system further comprises a controller operative to cause the at least one display to display a randomly selected outcome of the primary wagering game; upon the occurrence of a first triggering event, enter a player into the secondary wagering game, wherein the player is represented in the secondary wagering game by a player avatar; upon the occurrence of a second triggering event, end the player's participation in the secondary wagering game; award the player any awards collected by the player avatar in the secondary wagering game; and credit the player account by the amount of the collected awards. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100304843 | GAMING SYSTEM WITH QUEUED PARTIAL OUTCOMES - A gaming system comprises a wager input device and at least one display for displaying a primary wagering game, the primary wagering game comprising a first portion and a second portion. At least one controller is operative to (i) detect receipt of at least two wagers from a first player via the wager input device, (ii) in response to detecting the at least two wagers, determine and display at least two respective partial outcomes of the first portion of the wagering game, (iii) store the respective partial outcomes, (iv) upon the occurrence of a triggering event, determine and display a secondary outcome of the second portion of the wagering game, and (v) combine each of the respective partial outcomes with the secondary outcome to determine and display a plurality of final outcomes. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110053671 | Enhanced Poker Game System With Additional Bonus Challenges - A gaming system and method for conducting a wagering game includes a display having a display area showing a poker-themed wagering game. A wager input device receives a base wager to play the poker-themed wagering game. A controller is coupled to the display and the wager input device. The controller is operative to provide a plurality of symbol-bearing objects to form a user-playable hand and award a payoff based on a ranking of the user-playable hand meeting a predetermined criterion. The controller may receive a side wager separate from the base wager from the player to trigger a challenge based on meeting a condition in at least one of a predetermined number of future plays of the wagering game. Additional free challenges may be triggered for the predetermined number of future plays. | 03-03-2011 |
Elizabeth N. Aoki, Seattle, WA US
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| 20100017386 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELF-ADAPTING CLASSIFICATION OF USER GENERATED CONTENT - A self-adapting classification system (“SACS”) generates an evolving classification for content. The classification may start with a seed review process, which generates a level of trust for initial reviews of the content. Once the seed review is completed and distributed, users may submit content reviews to the self adapting classification system. Using the SACS, users may identify themselves with one or more community groups, which indicate certain shared values and preferences with respect to other members of the same community group. Content reviews received by the SACS may comprise a user identifier pertaining to the submitting user, a content descriptor and an associated classification. | 01-21-2010 |
Henry Aoki, Acton, MA US
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| 20110009345 | Food ingredient comprising functional peptide - With efficient extracting of peptide from coffee bean, and by providing food ingredient in which small quantity of peptide is uniformly dispersed by harmless means or dispersing means, the peptide is easily orally ingested. That is, so much material and long time is required for extracting. And, quantity of novel ingredient of peptide obtainable by the extracting is very small, so it is difficult to use the ingredient as it is for material of medicine or food. So, it is inevitable to disperse uniformly in harmless extender. And, for example, solubility of vegetable peptide is generally much influenced by pH or concentration of salt (ion intensity), so particularly in acidic zone, solubility of it deteriorates and it deposits or coheres, ingestion by oral administration of it mixed with food is not always easy, so it is required to disperse the peptide uniformly in harmless means or dispersing means. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110056823 | Methods and apparatus for extracting active ingredients - The present invention provides apparatus and methods for extracting active ingredients from a raw material. The apparatus comprises an atomized water particle production device; an extracting device for bringing a raw material into contact with the atomized water particles so that the atomized water particles trap active ingredients in the raw material; a condensing device for liquefying the atomized water particles that hold the active ingredients; and means for promoting extraction of the raw material. The means for promoting extraction may comprise decompression means for subjecting the raw material within the extracting device to decompression and activation means for activating the raw material. | 03-10-2011 |
Kan Aoki US
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| 20110304896 | PLASTIC OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL SCANNER INCLUDING THE PLASTIC OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A plastic optical element for focusing light to a target includes a first lens and a second lens. The first lens includes an incident surface, a projection surface opposite the incident surface, and a non-optical surface through which light does not pass and that includes a non-transfer portion. At least one light beam passes from the incident surface to the projection surface. The second lens includes an incident surface, a projection surface opposite the incident surface, and a non-optical surface through which light does not pass and that includes a non-transfer portion disposed opposite the non-optical surface of the first lens. At least one light beam passes from the incident surface to the projection surface. The non-transfer portions of the first lens and the second lens are portions on which no surface is transferred from a surface of a mold used to form the plastic optical element. | 12-15-2011 |
Ken Aoki, Tenafly, NJ US
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| 20100057588 | System and Method for Providing Publicly Vended Content Via A Wireless Network - A system and method for vending digitized content over an Internet network path, at least a portion of which is wireless, such as an SDMA high data rate directional wireless path. Content in the form of IP packets is provided to a user terminal via a connect server in response to user requests, which can be real-time requests or which can be requests embodied in a user-defined or system-defined user profile. The user is billed using one or more of several billing paradigms, including by the content piece, by the number of IP packets sent to the user, by the length of time the user accesses the system, by the subscription, and so on. | 03-04-2010 |
Kunitake Aoki, Redmond, WA US
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| 20110304638 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING VIRTUAL SLOPED LANDSCAPES IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND ANIMATION - There are both flat and sloped ground surfaces on which the game characters traverse. In areas where a sloped surface changes angle (i.e. where a sloped surface connects to a flat surface), a transitional method has been created to make the adjoining textures on the top surface area of the ground blend together seamlessly. A unique texture is used for this purpose. This texture uses the same material as the flat “ground trim” texture seen on the top of every surface. The texture has a diagonally drawn alpha mask that blends from completely transparent to completely opaque from the bottom right corner of the texture to the top left corner. When this texture is drawn at the ends of each sloped surface where they change angle, the combination of the color channels and the alpha mask line up with adjoining textures to blend them together and create a seamless visual transition. | 12-15-2011 |
Mariko Aoki, Chesterfield, MO US
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| 20090042315 | COMPOSITIONS OF SPECIFIC BINDING AGENTS TO HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR - Compositions comprising nonpolar amino acids and specific binding agents to hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) are provided. Methods of making and using such compositions are also provided. | 02-12-2009 |
Russell S. Aoki, Tacoma, WA US
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| 20080282775 | CHAMBER SEALING VALVE - According to some embodiments, a test fluid may be provided into a chamber associated with a cooling system for an electronic integrated circuit. Moreover, a valve may be partially inserted into an opening of the chamber to seal the chamber. The valve may include a first sealing portion to seal the chamber at the opening when the valve shaft is inserted the first distance. The valve may then be inserted an intermediate distance, between the first distance and a second distance, to unseal the chamber. Note that the valve may include a second sealing portion, offset from the first sealing portion, to seal the chamber at the opening when the valve is inserted the second distance. The valve may further define a passage, between the first and second sealing portions, to permit a flow of the test fluid when the valve is inserted the intermediate distance. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20110019378 | COMPOSITE MICRO-CONTACTS - Composite microelectronic contacts are provided in embodiments. These may include one or more arrays of isolated conductive tines coupled to and by isolation carriers. These carriers may serve to space the conductive tines apart and to couple the isolated tines together after the tines are no longer ganged together. The isolation carriers may comprise injection molded polymers as well as stamped materials. The isolation carriers may also contain locking tabs and recesses and seating plane stops. | 01-27-2011 |
Shigeru Aoki, Portland, OR US
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| 20100283979 | Exposure apparatus, exposing method, and device fabricating method - An exposure apparatus successively exposes each substrate of a plurality of substrates included in a lot with exposure light through a liquid. The exposure apparatus comprises: a movable substrate holding member that holds the substrate at a position whereto the exposure light can be radiated; and a liquid immersion member that is capable of forming an immersion space such that the liquid is held between the liquid immersion member and the substrate held by the substrate holding member and an optical path of the exposure light is filled with the liquid; wherein, before the start of exposure of a first substrate in the lot, the immersion space is formed between the liquid immersion member and a movable member, which is different from the first substrate, and at least one of the liquid immersion member and the movable member is cleaned. | 11-11-2010 |